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u.s. government spy on you? michael hayden, who has run both of america's major spy agencies, the nsa and the cia, will give us some straight answers. >>> then is edward snowden a hero or a zero. two of the "new yorker" magazine's finest journalists who follow the subject disagree. jeff toobin versus john cassidy, a fight to the finish. >> then we look at the middle east, turkey, egypt and much more. what to make of it all. >> and -- 50 years later, we'll talk about that speech and another one, one that jeffrey sachs says is the most important presidential speech of the modern era. >> and that is the most important topic on earth, peace. >> but first here's my take. so, the obama administration has now decided that syria's use of chemical weapons crosses a red line. as a result, the united states will supply the opposition with small arms and ammunition. this strikes me as a risky decision. too little to have a real impact and enough to commit the united states in a complex civil war. firs
u.s. government spy on you? michael hayden, who has run both of america's major spy agencies, the nsa and the cia, will give us some straight answers. >>> then is edward snowden a hero or a zero. two of the "new yorker" magazine's finest journalists who follow the subject disagree. jeff toobin versus john cassidy, a fight to the finish. >> then we look at the middle east, turkey, egypt and much more. what to make of it all. >> and -- 50 years later, we'll talk...
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the u.s. compares with other countries on gun crimes and gun control. the data will surprise you. [ mom ] dear chex cereal, i've never written a fan letter before, but you've done the impossible. you made gluten free cereals in a whole bunch of yummy flavors. cinnamon chex and honey nut chex are two of our favorites. when my husband found the chocolate one, we were in cereal heaven. the only problem is, with so many great flavors, you're making it very hard to choose. your fans, the mcgregor family. 'cause we love chex. ♪ [ male announcer ] and now try new gluten free apple cinnamon chex. >>> now for our "what in the world" segment. >> 315 entry. >> it's now been ten days since a lone gunman opened fire on moviegoers in aurora, colorado. the airwaves have been dominated by soul searching. most of the pundits have concluded that the main cause of this calamity is the dark, strange behavior of the gunman. talking about anything else, they say, is silly. "the new york times" usually extremely w
the u.s. compares with other countries on gun crimes and gun control. the data will surprise you. [ mom ] dear chex cereal, i've never written a fan letter before, but you've done the impossible. you made gluten free cereals in a whole bunch of yummy flavors. cinnamon chex and honey nut chex are two of our favorites. when my husband found the chocolate one, we were in cereal heaven. the only problem is, with so many great flavors, you're making it very hard to choose. your fans, the mcgregor...
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the problem with the u.s. health care system, for example, is not that the government pays for health care. actually our government pays the least as a percent of the total for health care for any rich country. the problem is it's totally unefficient, with procedures and technology that don't actually improve our health. >> similarly huge subsidies for housing, agriculture might be good politics, but they are bad economics, discourting the market and creating false booms and fake industries. much federal spending outside of defense and interest payments on the debt goes to subsidize consumption rather than investment and most of this consumption is for the elderly. the federal government of the united states spends about four times as much money on old people than it does on children under 18 years old. that is surely a sign of society that's not building for the future but subsidizing the present. we need to invest in science, technology, infrastructure and education but we can't do it unless we stop the mass
the problem with the u.s. health care system, for example, is not that the government pays for health care. actually our government pays the least as a percent of the total for health care for any rich country. the problem is it's totally unefficient, with procedures and technology that don't actually improve our health. >> similarly huge subsidies for housing, agriculture might be good politics, but they are bad economics, discourting the market and creating false booms and fake...
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the u.s. economy, because, after all, the u.s. economy is the largest in the world. i have taken note of the recent policies and measures taken by president obama including the program of doubling the united states' exports, and the massive investment in infrastructural development. i think these policies and measures are the ones on the right track, moving in the right direction. although they came a little bit late, they still came in time. this reminds me of the time when i took the big decision of advancing a massive stimulus package in china. back then, people had different views concerning this policy, but now the progress has shown that our stimulus package is a successful one. >> may i ask you what lesson you have drawn from the financial crisis? have you lost faith in american macroeconomic management? a chinese friend said to me, he said, we were like the students in class and we would always listen to what the americans would tell us, and now we look up and we think, maybe the teach
the u.s. economy, because, after all, the u.s. economy is the largest in the world. i have taken note of the recent policies and measures taken by president obama including the program of doubling the united states' exports, and the massive investment in infrastructural development. i think these policies and measures are the ones on the right track, moving in the right direction. although they came a little bit late, they still came in time. this reminds me of the time when i took the big...
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. >> u.s. joint chiefs of staff chairman mike mullen says most of gadhafi's air defense systems and airfields have been taken out. libyan ground forces have also been hit. >> the no-fly zone is effectively in place. we have combat air patrol or aircraft over benghazi and we will have them there for on a 24/7 basis. move that to the west and he hasn't flown any aircraft for the last two days. the whole goal here is to get it in place. two, be in a position so that he is unable to massacre his own civilians and that we effect the humanitarian support. from that standpoint, the initial operations have been very effective. >> besides the u.s. britain and france countries taking part in the libyan operation include italy, spain, canada, and qatr. >> gadhafi vowed to fight back what he calls terrorists attacking his country. >> we be victorious. we will achieve victory on behalf of the people. we have allah with us. have you the devil on your side. >> he called coalition nation it is new nazis and pr
. >> u.s. joint chiefs of staff chairman mike mullen says most of gadhafi's air defense systems and airfields have been taken out. libyan ground forces have also been hit. >> the no-fly zone is effectively in place. we have combat air patrol or aircraft over benghazi and we will have them there for on a 24/7 basis. move that to the west and he hasn't flown any aircraft for the last two days. the whole goal here is to get it in place. two, be in a position so that he is unable to...
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if the u.s. would not only fail to get agreement on the debt ceiling, but end up cutting more than just expenditures on transfers but actually not meet a debt payment, then we would be in the land of the unpredictable. >> so your advice to the american political system would be do not lay with this issue? >> my advice is please try and get together and solve this issue in the context of a medium term reform package. if you're going to kick the can down the road, kick the can rather than face something that could be catastrophic in terms of legal contracts being triggered. >> hoe hmohamed el-erian, a ple. we have to have you on again. thank you so much. >> thank you, fareed. >> and we will be right back. >>> i just did the math. wyoming has 400,000 people and two senators and california has 36 million people and two senators. it is hard to justify that. is all we humans get. we spend them on treadmills. we spend them in traffic. and if we get lucky, really lucky, it dawns on us to go spend them in
if the u.s. would not only fail to get agreement on the debt ceiling, but end up cutting more than just expenditures on transfers but actually not meet a debt payment, then we would be in the land of the unpredictable. >> so your advice to the american political system would be do not lay with this issue? >> my advice is please try and get together and solve this issue in the context of a medium term reform package. if you're going to kick the can down the road, kick the can rather...
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u.s. constitution. i asked for your idea for amendments. we got an extraordinary response and we'll talk to jeff toobin about the realities of amending the u.s. constitution. all that and more, but first, here is "my take." >>> this week we got a look into the way barack obama's mind works. from his campaign on, obama has clearly felt that the united states has a lopsided foreign policy with too large a military commitment to certain crisis points on the globe. he has wanted to rebalance american foreign policy to shift the focus away from the problems the focus away from the problems the focus away from the problems the focus away from the problems of the past iraq, afghanistan, and focus on the challenges of the 21st century, the rise of china and asia more generally. this week, he announced a significant drawdown of troop, effectively reversing the surge that began 18 months ago. when he came into office, the united states had almost 200,000 troops engaged in combat in iraq and afghanis
u.s. constitution. i asked for your idea for amendments. we got an extraordinary response and we'll talk to jeff toobin about the realities of amending the u.s. constitution. all that and more, but first, here is "my take." >>> this week we got a look into the way barack obama's mind works. from his campaign on, obama has clearly felt that the united states has a lopsided foreign policy with too large a military commitment to certain crisis points on the globe. he has wanted...
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here he has 100,000 u.s. troops on the ground fighting to keep him in power, support his government, and he announces he's going over to the enemy? he is the beneficiary of one of the most fraudulent elections in history, and he accuses the united nations and the individual who blew the whistle on the fraud of committing the fraud? this is not a credible or rationale political strategy. he apologizes to the secretary of state, and then a few days later says no, no, it was the united states that committed the fraud that got me re-elected. >> do you get the sense that the military is frustrated by karzai? do you get the sense that they would like to see a president who was, a, more enthusiastically backing them? who is delivering more effective governance in places? is that something that you heard? >> are you referring here to the coalition military or the afghan military. >> the coalition military, general mcchrystal's troops. >> yes. the senior military officers are frustrated. they understand that their str
here he has 100,000 u.s. troops on the ground fighting to keep him in power, support his government, and he announces he's going over to the enemy? he is the beneficiary of one of the most fraudulent elections in history, and he accuses the united nations and the individual who blew the whistle on the fraud of committing the fraud? this is not a credible or rationale political strategy. he apologizes to the secretary of state, and then a few days later says no, no, it was the united states that...
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i think the u.s. should be relatively relaxed about the short term and very much more concerned about the medium to long material. >> medium to long term, the ryan budget plan, does it solve the medium to long term? >> if you believe in any of the figures. i've actually spent time looking at it very, very kafrlly. it seems to me to be -- i don't know, sort of political fantasy. there are two elements of the plan. everybody's focused quite rightly. it's the one concrete proposal on the plan for medical care, which involve a completely radical deconstruction of the medicare system. it's shifting the risk on to private people and i'm sure that it would have very adverse consequences for those people. you've written about that. it does say, essentially, we now are spending about 5.5% of gdp on these plans. the congressional budget office says 40 years from now it will be 12.5%. i'm offering you less than 5%. that's radical. the really radical bit of this plan is somewhere else which people don't seem to m
i think the u.s. should be relatively relaxed about the short term and very much more concerned about the medium to long material. >> medium to long term, the ryan budget plan, does it solve the medium to long term? >> if you believe in any of the figures. i've actually spent time looking at it very, very kafrlly. it seems to me to be -- i don't know, sort of political fantasy. there are two elements of the plan. everybody's focused quite rightly. it's the one concrete proposal on...
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compared to what the u.s. congress has done hereto, it's terrific. >> paul, you look at this bill, do you have a worry, as somebody who has staked a lot of your reputation saying this will control costs, that congress will start repealing or making concessions, amendments, exceptions to the cost-cutting part of the proposal over the next few years? >> well, in a way, those budget deficits are going to stand in the way of that. once we've established this, once we've established there's a government responsibility to pay for essential health care for everybody, then you ask -- then we will be facing, you know, clearly it's going to be difficult to bring u.s. public finances under control. if congress says, well, we'll start taking off all the controls, all the cost control measures here, they'll have to say how are we going to pay for this? the belief that congress is going run wild and undermine all the cost control efforts is actually wrong because there will be hard, fiscal reality which will now be brought
compared to what the u.s. congress has done hereto, it's terrific. >> paul, you look at this bill, do you have a worry, as somebody who has staked a lot of your reputation saying this will control costs, that congress will start repealing or making concessions, amendments, exceptions to the cost-cutting part of the proposal over the next few years? >> well, in a way, those budget deficits are going to stand in the way of that. once we've established this, once we've established...
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here in the u.s. you hear many people worried the chinese government might stop buying american t bills. i think these fears are vastly overblown. the economic situation between china and the united states is the financial version of mutually assured destruction, if you destroy me, i end up destroying you. let me explain let's start with the facts. china is indeed america's biggest foreign lender. it owes about $1.2 trillion in debt. a little known fact is most of america's debt, $14.3 trillion and counting is actually owned by americans in social security trusts, pension funds and by the federal reserve. it is the marginal buyer that matters so china is very important. now, imagine that china were to sell off those $1.2 trillion of u.s. treasury bonds or even a substantial portion of them. it's a huge hypothetical. let's play out the disastrous chain of events that would happen if china began to divest. it would trigger panic selling of the dollar. that would, in turn, hurt the u.s. economy which is
here in the u.s. you hear many people worried the chinese government might stop buying american t bills. i think these fears are vastly overblown. the economic situation between china and the united states is the financial version of mutually assured destruction, if you destroy me, i end up destroying you. let me explain let's start with the facts. china is indeed america's biggest foreign lender. it owes about $1.2 trillion in debt. a little known fact is most of america's debt, $14.3 trillion...
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the u.s. economy from four crucial angles. first up, the big picture. and it's scary. from martin wolf of "the financial times." then a snapshot of the american economy from starbucks chairman and ceo howard shultz. next up, the u.s. economy's breaking point. where are we weakest? that's what the author of "moneyball" and "the blind side, michael lewis, will give his insights on. finally, solutions, what will fix the problems that ail us? i'll talk to tom friedman of "the new york times" about his new book. >>> also, want to see the hottest new thing on the globe? take a trip to mumbai or shanghai. i'll explain. >>> and of course a few thoughts on steve jobs. >>> first, here's "my take." barack obama busy apparently committed blasphemy. in an interview in florida last week, he dared to say that america had gotten soft. the denunciations came in fast and furious. >> the american people are plenty tough. what we've got is a soft president. >> it's not that we've become soft. it's that he's on ou
the u.s. economy from four crucial angles. first up, the big picture. and it's scary. from martin wolf of "the financial times." then a snapshot of the american economy from starbucks chairman and ceo howard shultz. next up, the u.s. economy's breaking point. where are we weakest? that's what the author of "moneyball" and "the blind side, michael lewis, will give his insights on. finally, solutions, what will fix the problems that ail us? i'll talk to tom friedman of...
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the u.s. senate is in session debating health care reform. mr. obama will meet with democrats and urge them to work out their differences. key sticking points, the government-run public option and abortion. >>> those are the headlines. we'll return to "fareed zakaria gps" in a moment. if you want to access 10 gigs of music you just downloaded to your hard drive, push here. leif kristian haugen. leaf. leave. laef. laef. on t2010 lacrosse. from buick. it's the new class of world class. from buick. somewhere in america, there's a home by the sea powered by the wind on the plains. there's a hospital where technology has a healing touch. there's a factory giving old industries new life. and there's a train that got a whole city moving again. somewhere in america, the toughest questions are answered every day. because somewhere in america, 69,000 people spend every day answering them. siemens. answers. (announcer) the new emergen-c immune plus shot. this little shot is more like a big shot of-- (dog barking) ...for your immune system. feel the-- (dog b
the u.s. senate is in session debating health care reform. mr. obama will meet with democrats and urge them to work out their differences. key sticking points, the government-run public option and abortion. >>> those are the headlines. we'll return to "fareed zakaria gps" in a moment. if you want to access 10 gigs of music you just downloaded to your hard drive, push here. leif kristian haugen. leaf. leave. laef. laef. on t2010 lacrosse. from buick. it's the new class of...
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u.s. is in the midst of a broad-based recovery. the stock market is up more than 70% over the last 12 months. and all assets have been moving up at a similar pace. exports are up, manufacturing is up, retail sales are getting stronger, and even employment has finally increased, although only slightly. corporate balance sheets look very strong across the board. now, these are moves up from the depths of the financial panic, real lows. and much of it has to be attributed to broad factors, perhaps not to the administration. but surely one would look back at the measures that were taken a year and a half ago and conclude that they stabilized an economy that was in free fall. remember, once the financial crisis really hit, global trade contracted at a faster pace than at any point since the great depression. we really were looking at the abyss. and credit for getting us out should be shared by ben bernanke, hank paulson, and the obama administration. the bank bailouts will end up costing the ta
u.s. is in the midst of a broad-based recovery. the stock market is up more than 70% over the last 12 months. and all assets have been moving up at a similar pace. exports are up, manufacturing is up, retail sales are getting stronger, and even employment has finally increased, although only slightly. corporate balance sheets look very strong across the board. now, these are moves up from the depths of the financial panic, real lows. and much of it has to be attributed to broad factors, perhaps...
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should the u.s. be taking economic queues from iran? maybe. i'll explain. >>> next, an inside look at intelligence and the war on terror are john miller who has just resigned as one of the nation's top spooks. >>> finally, a last look at how not to be a spy. >>> first, here is my take. i wrote a blog post for our gps website, cnn.com/gps that has gotten a great deal of reaction. let me talk about it for a moment. it all started because i read a website that pointed out after the s&p downgrade of the united states, no country with a presidential system of government had a aaa rating from all three rating agencies. only countries with parliamentary systems have that honor with the possible exception of france which could be characterized as having a parliament, a prime minister, as well as a president. this brought to mind my years in political science grad school and an essay by a famous yale scholar, juan linz, who said parliamentary systems are superior to presidential systems because they allow for greater stability and purposeful action. in
should the u.s. be taking economic queues from iran? maybe. i'll explain. >>> next, an inside look at intelligence and the war on terror are john miller who has just resigned as one of the nation's top spooks. >>> finally, a last look at how not to be a spy. >>> first, here is my take. i wrote a blog post for our gps website, cnn.com/gps that has gotten a great deal of reaction. let me talk about it for a moment. it all started because i read a website that pointed...
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these are u.s. holdings which we can build up bases and be less provocative towards china and we can be, to borrow madeline albright's phrase, the inexpensable power. we will be the balancing power that has no territorial ambitions in asia. so all these countries here will need us. on the one hand, they have to accept the chinese for trade reasons and reasons of distance but on the other hand they don't want to be gobbled up by it. they want hedging power that we can serve. we can do this with the navy of the current size or slightly smaller. factoring in budget cuts. >> we would have relations with japan, in the philippines, with vietnam. is china going to see it as encirclement? >> not if we try to incorporate china into this concert of powers. in other words, reaching out to china at all levels all the time at the same moment that we push forward like-minded others like japan and india, encourage their military development, particularly in the naval and air sphere. >> what you are describing is a
these are u.s. holdings which we can build up bases and be less provocative towards china and we can be, to borrow madeline albright's phrase, the inexpensable power. we will be the balancing power that has no territorial ambitions in asia. so all these countries here will need us. on the one hand, they have to accept the chinese for trade reasons and reasons of distance but on the other hand they don't want to be gobbled up by it. they want hedging power that we can serve. we can do this with...
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and through the 1920s, u.s. is leading. only during the great depression u.s. falls back temporarily and gets the lead again through the second world war, into the cold war and we stop here 1954 at the end of the korean war. at this time united states was on top. europe had fallen behind and japan was trying to catch up here. and interestingly, a small country on the equator, singapore, was just behind. latin america was in between and china and india were still down here with low life expectancy and low incomes but they had gained their independence. look what happened after 1954. here, u.s. continuing to lead but europe is closing in. europe is closing in and japan there, they make this amazing catch-up together with singapore. and here china and india got education, more family and health before they start this amazing economic growth where they catch in with more and more emerging economies and they keep up the speed through the last economic crisis and here we are today, 2010. and what is most interesting here is if you look at the replay, you see this ver
and through the 1920s, u.s. is leading. only during the great depression u.s. falls back temporarily and gets the lead again through the second world war, into the cold war and we stop here 1954 at the end of the korean war. at this time united states was on top. europe had fallen behind and japan was trying to catch up here. and interestingly, a small country on the equator, singapore, was just behind. latin america was in between and china and india were still down here with low life...
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compared with other countries, the u.s. still has an astonishingly low amount of private sector vovmt in the building of infrastructure -- roads, bridges, highways. with interest rates at historic lows, borrowing $200 billion by issuing 30- or 50-year bonds to rebuild america would add just a few billion dollars a year to the deficit. then you need to actually build it. president obama says he was surprised there are so few shovel-ready projects. well, the regulations, reviews, and permits required to improve infrastructure ensures that any major project takes years, often decades to be shovel-ready. in fact, one study of a set of infrastructure projects found that of all countries examined, the u.s. had the highest proportion of projects stuck at what is called the preapproval stage, announced but still three to ten years from construction. it has more than 3.5 times the number of projects as in europe. so the president should announce a national jobs emergency. infrastructure projects should be fast tracked through any en
compared with other countries, the u.s. still has an astonishingly low amount of private sector vovmt in the building of infrastructure -- roads, bridges, highways. with interest rates at historic lows, borrowing $200 billion by issuing 30- or 50-year bonds to rebuild america would add just a few billion dollars a year to the deficit. then you need to actually build it. president obama says he was surprised there are so few shovel-ready projects. well, the regulations, reviews, and permits...
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i view the u.s. economy as extraordinarily adaptive, and we've seen historically concerns voiced whenever there's a technological change in their automobiles or their airplanes or there's the steam engine, and there's worries that now there will be permanent high unemployment. the economy adapts, and i expect the economy to adapt this time as well. on the other hand, it would be folly to think this could happen very quickly, that there's a switch in washington that all they have to do is throw it and we'll go promptly back to 5% unemployment. there's no way of doing that. >> what would you do about the bush tax cuts, set to expire, if all of them expire, the government gets $700 billion over the next ten years. it eliminates almost half the structural deficit instantly. but yet of course it would have, it would take money out of the economy. >> i think in terms of the short run, it's important to preserve at least some of the bush tax cuts, but for the long run, it's important to preserve flexibility
i view the u.s. economy as extraordinarily adaptive, and we've seen historically concerns voiced whenever there's a technological change in their automobiles or their airplanes or there's the steam engine, and there's worries that now there will be permanent high unemployment. the economy adapts, and i expect the economy to adapt this time as well. on the other hand, it would be folly to think this could happen very quickly, that there's a switch in washington that all they have to do is throw...
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economic mobility in the u.s. is low compared to what it was in times past and with current levels in many european countries and canada. you hear all about rags to riches stories, but they are the exceptions. a comprehensive study by the pew economic mobility project documents that in the u.s. today, few poor people become even upper middle class. now, some of the criticism of president obama's program has come from people who worry about the government's track record in the area of early childhood education. they point to head start, the long-standing program that provides this education to disadvantaged children. the department of health and human services released a study of head start in 2010 which was updated in 2012 which concludes its positive effects begin to fade in a few years. this has led many to call the program a failure and urged the government not to throw good money after bad. people are jumping to conclusions about a very complicated subject without understanding the study or social science rese
economic mobility in the u.s. is low compared to what it was in times past and with current levels in many european countries and canada. you hear all about rags to riches stories, but they are the exceptions. a comprehensive study by the pew economic mobility project documents that in the u.s. today, few poor people become even upper middle class. now, some of the criticism of president obama's program has come from people who worry about the government's track record in the area of early...
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look at the 60% of the u.s. in drought. last year the hottest year in u.s. history. we have to stop this. we have to arrest it. >> the single biggest reason for the decline of co2 emissions in the united states or the decline in the rate of increase has been the substitution of natural gas and sort of coal. because of fracking, natural gas has become cheap enough that we're replacing coal. in fact, we are now doing better than the european union in terms of meeting targets. i've heard you on the subject and it feels to me like you're still very -- you're on the fence on the issue of fracking. shouldn't you be more fully in favor of it with regulations and with protections because it is almost everywhere replacing coal and that is a big net plus in terms of co2 emissions. >> we have to be careful in measuring the global warming impact of the strategies that we choose. if you look at the latest satellite pictures of north america, there's a new ball of light as large as chicago in rural north dakota. what is that from? it's from the flaring of gas in the fracking opera
look at the 60% of the u.s. in drought. last year the hottest year in u.s. history. we have to stop this. we have to arrest it. >> the single biggest reason for the decline of co2 emissions in the united states or the decline in the rate of increase has been the substitution of natural gas and sort of coal. because of fracking, natural gas has become cheap enough that we're replacing coal. in fact, we are now doing better than the european union in terms of meeting targets. i've heard you...
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in short order, the u.s. delayed the release of a report that many expected to admonish china for currency manipulation. then treasury secretary geithner extended a trip to india to drop in on the vice premiere in beijing. and after that meeting, china made clear it was now willing to address u.s. concerns on currency. a frequent guest on this show has called the u.s./china relationship a marriage of convenience. he says the two nations find themselves in a marriage that neither can fully dissolve and neither fully wants. everybody always talks about the u.s. being literally indebted to china for hundreds of billions of dollars. that's true, but it's much more than that. it's a two-way street. we must not forget that china needs the united states, too. it needs america to keep buying, spending and borrowing, which keeps the dollar strong and the chinese economy strong. of course, the balance of power has shifted in recent years, with the united states arguably needing china more than it did in the past and wi
in short order, the u.s. delayed the release of a report that many expected to admonish china for currency manipulation. then treasury secretary geithner extended a trip to india to drop in on the vice premiere in beijing. and after that meeting, china made clear it was now willing to address u.s. concerns on currency. a frequent guest on this show has called the u.s./china relationship a marriage of convenience. he says the two nations find themselves in a marriage that neither can fully...
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government and around the u.s. government just are not convinced that we're getting anything from the pakistanis enough to make it worth accepting the abuse that we're continuing to accept. and as we move out of afghanistan and as we can do more with drones and attacks on sanctuaries ourselves, the feeling is basically, look, we can take care of our own security needs, and if the pakistanis won't do it, then let them be. >> you've seen this relationship on the inside. how frustrated do you think u.s. officials are about the dealings with pakistan? >> i think you've got the same division between the state department and the defense department. so this week the state department wanted an apology for the killing of pakistani soldiers, and the defense department wasn't willing to give it. the defense department is extremely frustrated. the state department recognizes we have to maintain this relationship in some way. but i -- i think i agree with gideon, the view that we were going to create deep security with the paki
government and around the u.s. government just are not convinced that we're getting anything from the pakistanis enough to make it worth accepting the abuse that we're continuing to accept. and as we move out of afghanistan and as we can do more with drones and attacks on sanctuaries ourselves, the feeling is basically, look, we can take care of our own security needs, and if the pakistanis won't do it, then let them be. >> you've seen this relationship on the inside. how frustrated do...
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robert barner is a former u.s. drug enforcement official, and he is also served as a commissioner of u.s. customs and border protection. in a recent international herald tribune op ed and a essay, he argues that despite the negative headlines, president cauldron has made huge gains. his point is that when cauldron came to power, mexico's half dozen cartels were making up to $10 billion in annual revenue from drugs alone. they bribed officials and the police. those they could not bribe, they killed. cauldron had no existing means to defeat them, so he enlisted the military. a brute force that could target cartel leaders and win in an all-out gun battle. 50,000 lives is a heavy price to pay, but this was never going to be an easy war. the cartels had almost taken over mexico. the data proves his point. it seems the tide is finally turning. used cauldron's strategy, the mexican government has killed more than 40 major cartels members. the economist magazine points out that between 2007 and 2008 the number of drug-rela
robert barner is a former u.s. drug enforcement official, and he is also served as a commissioner of u.s. customs and border protection. in a recent international herald tribune op ed and a essay, he argues that despite the negative headlines, president cauldron has made huge gains. his point is that when cauldron came to power, mexico's half dozen cartels were making up to $10 billion in annual revenue from drugs alone. they bribed officials and the police. those they could not bribe, they...
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a u.s. servicemember was one of two people kill after clash with afghan army forces and international troops in eastern afghanistan. it brings the death toll inside afghanistan over 2,000 over the course of the 11-year war. the saturday incident is the latest apparent attack by members of afghan's security forces against nato military members. >>> and on the campaign trail, president obama heads to nevada today where he'll hold a campaign rally this evening in las vegas. the president is staying in the state until wednesday for debate preparations. he'll be joined by john kerry who ee playing the role of mitt romney. >>> there's trouble for florida's republican party where a voter registration controversy is brewing. the state's republican party fired a private consulting firm it hired to help register voters. suspicious forms have been discovered in at least five florida counties. >>> those are your top stories. "reliable sources" is up at the top of the hour. now back to "fareed zakaria gp
a u.s. servicemember was one of two people kill after clash with afghan army forces and international troops in eastern afghanistan. it brings the death toll inside afghanistan over 2,000 over the course of the 11-year war. the saturday incident is the latest apparent attack by members of afghan's security forces against nato military members. >>> and on the campaign trail, president obama heads to nevada today where he'll hold a campaign rally this evening in las vegas. the president...
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that's the tragedy here. >> the u.s. looks good. the u.s. economy has survived massive fiscal tightening. it looks quite robust. sequester cuts. and the whole deal. it's about 3% of gdp tightening and now over and so u.s. looks good to me. i'm really quite optimistic about the u.s. in the next year or two. >> not quite as bullish as that but the u.s. does have potential to accelerate. i worry that we've been here again and again and each time things are messed up and we haven't got beyond this 2% growth to bigger acceleration. i hope this time it happens. i think the answer to the question as always will depend on washington. depends on what they do early next year. if we continue this uncertainty, i promise you the recovery will not be as strong as it could be. >> pleasure as always. up next, remember the chilean miners buried underground for 69 days? where are they now? i spoke with the president of chile about that and much more. chile about that and much more. right back. with knee pain, whe. [ man ] hey, brad, want to trade the all-day
that's the tragedy here. >> the u.s. looks good. the u.s. economy has survived massive fiscal tightening. it looks quite robust. sequester cuts. and the whole deal. it's about 3% of gdp tightening and now over and so u.s. looks good to me. i'm really quite optimistic about the u.s. in the next year or two. >> not quite as bullish as that but the u.s. does have potential to accelerate. i worry that we've been here again and again and each time things are messed up and we haven't got...
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if china and the u.s. went to war economically, it would be nothing less than mutually assured destruction and that's what keeps things stable. well, one big test of just where things stand between the two nations will come in april. china's president, hu jintao is expected to travel to the u.s. if hu does come, look for how well or how poorly he gets treated by the white house. we'll be right back. at northern trust, we understand... that while you may come from the same family... you know, son, you should take up something more strenuous. you have different needs and desires. - i'm reading a book. - what's a book? so we tailor plans for individuals, featuring a range of integrated solutions. you at your usual restaurant? son: maybe. see you tomorrow. stairs? elevator. to see how our multi-faceted approach... can benefit your multi-generational wealth, look ahead with us at northerntrust.com. can benefit your multi-generational wealth, ♪ well, look who's here. it's ellen. hey, mayor white. how you doing
if china and the u.s. went to war economically, it would be nothing less than mutually assured destruction and that's what keeps things stable. well, one big test of just where things stand between the two nations will come in april. china's president, hu jintao is expected to travel to the u.s. if hu does come, look for how well or how poorly he gets treated by the white house. we'll be right back. at northern trust, we understand... that while you may come from the same family... you know,...
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that is coming from a friend of the u.s., somebody who lived 15 years in the u.s. i would like to see a democratic egypt that is able to have a relationship with the u.s., there is no reason to believe that a democracy here will not lead to a better relationship with the u.s. based on respect and equity. >> do you want president obama to come out and publicly ask president mubarak to resign? >> obviously, that is going to happen i think fareed, if not today, tomorrow. it will happen that he has to leave the country within the next three days. there is no way out as i see. it's better for president obama not to appear that he is the last one to say to president mubarak it's time for you to go. leave in dignity before things are going out of hand. we have seen the fate of many dictators. i do not want that to see that happening in egypt. >> one of the visions that haunts americans is of the iranian revolution where a dictator was replaced by an even worse regime that was more anti-american an more threatening to the region. people worry about the muslim brotherhood.
that is coming from a friend of the u.s., somebody who lived 15 years in the u.s. i would like to see a democratic egypt that is able to have a relationship with the u.s., there is no reason to believe that a democracy here will not lead to a better relationship with the u.s. based on respect and equity. >> do you want president obama to come out and publicly ask president mubarak to resign? >> obviously, that is going to happen i think fareed, if not today, tomorrow. it will happen...
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nearly half of them u.s. citizens who stand accused of illegally receiving foreign funds to promote democracy. the government claims they didn't have a license to do their work. in reality these people had filed registration papers under the old regime of hosni mubarak. they were told their papers were in order. besides, it is a little rich for the egyptian government which receives $1.2 billion in aid from the united states every year to harass charities about getting funds from america, so what is going on? in a recent column the "new york times" tom friedman points out that the ongoing trial was the brainchild of an old mubarak krony, pfizer abdul, egypt's minister of planning international corporation. her strategy friedman says is to unite egyptians by standing up to the foreigners. she plays this game by taking advantage of a fractured egyptian leadership. it seems she got the military on board by showing them how all these human rights workers from abroad are their most vocal critics. [ chanting ] >> r
nearly half of them u.s. citizens who stand accused of illegally receiving foreign funds to promote democracy. the government claims they didn't have a license to do their work. in reality these people had filed registration papers under the old regime of hosni mubarak. they were told their papers were in order. besides, it is a little rich for the egyptian government which receives $1.2 billion in aid from the united states every year to harass charities about getting funds from america, so...
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i think the credibility of the u.s. is under question now. so we really have to be able to move the process forward in the next month or so, especially leading into the summit so we don't have any confusion coming out of there. >> but the obama administration has tried to appoint a special envoy. it has called on the israelis to free settlements. do you feel the obama administration -- what you're saying is pretty significant. you're saying a loss of credibility, potential loss of america's image if it doesn't do something. what can the obama administration do? >> i personally believe that the president is extremely committed to it. but we also know that america is dealing with many other issues, internally, health plan, other issues. massachusetts was i think something that hit the news. do we have the undivided attention of the united states, it's something we desperately need in the next month or so to set the right tone for negotiations. the only other thing i want to clarify is sooner or late tler's an invisible line in the sand that we
i think the credibility of the u.s. is under question now. so we really have to be able to move the process forward in the next month or so, especially leading into the summit so we don't have any confusion coming out of there. >> but the obama administration has tried to appoint a special envoy. it has called on the israelis to free settlements. do you feel the obama administration -- what you're saying is pretty significant. you're saying a loss of credibility, potential loss of...
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the u.s. government has just began its tenth year of fighting this war. but the idea of talking to the people we're fighting with makes sense. most civil wars end with some kind of negotiated settlement, and in the afghan case this is inevitable. much as we don't want to believe it, the taliban is a part of afghan society. it represents some section of the skrve conservative pashtun community. these people are not foreigners who will go away one day. finding a way to integrate them into the political system is a good idea. now talking to the taliban is going to be tough. it will rattle the anti-taliban forces in afghanistan. there are tajiks, uzbeks, who do despise the taliban and they will resist any kind of deal that makes them fear for their safe. and their interests have to be protected, so the talks will have to be handled very carefully. so far it appears that it is the afghans who are leading the negotiations. this may be inevitable, but it is unfortunate. the united states has much at
the u.s. government has just began its tenth year of fighting this war. but the idea of talking to the people we're fighting with makes sense. most civil wars end with some kind of negotiated settlement, and in the afghan case this is inevitable. much as we don't want to believe it, the taliban is a part of afghan society. it represents some section of the skrve conservative pashtun community. these people are not foreigners who will go away one day. finding a way to integrate them into the...
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the u.s.' involvement in afghanistan you'll want to learn all about it. many say it encapsulated many of the problems that america faces in the world at large. the best military report and military expert in the country tom ricks joins me to tell you about it. >>> while most of the focus of the nation and this show is on the hot spots around the world, what about the rest of the world? we'll talk to the famous scholar, kishore mahbubahni of singapore to get a different perspective on the world. let's get started. >>> all day long on cable, news talk shows we hear about how president obama is doing. on fox some say he's a socialist who's trying to indoctrinate our children, even as he mortgages their future. on msnbc he is the lonely hero fighting to give help to the sick, employ the jobless and end racism in our time. here on cnn, well, i'm on cnn, so today i want to see if we can get some kind of a clear-eyed look at what kind of a president he really is and what kind of a world he faces. so
the u.s.' involvement in afghanistan you'll want to learn all about it. many say it encapsulated many of the problems that america faces in the world at large. the best military report and military expert in the country tom ricks joins me to tell you about it. >>> while most of the focus of the nation and this show is on the hot spots around the world, what about the rest of the world? we'll talk to the famous scholar, kishore mahbubahni of singapore to get a different perspective on...
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but when it comes to in ovation, the u.s. still wins. the patents filed by u.s. residents the u.s. has moved far ahead of scandinavian countries. here's why it's important. unlike say a health care system which only benefits people of one particular company, innovation has global impacts. new american inventions spread around the world. according to the paper's authors, scandinavian countries free ride on u.s. research and development, but if the u.s. became scandinavian, it would spend less on innovation, which might reduce global growth rates and thus discredit the scandinavian model. the paper has been criticized for using patents as a marker for innovation, but even sew this is an important discussion, and it ties into many of the questions or leaders are grappling with. does the state need to make societies more equal? does that come at a cost? there is much to admire about scandinavia. on ed kalgts, on health care, on energy, but that doesn't mean we need to become scandinavian. we are more individualual lis tick, free-wheeling, ready to take risks. americans don't need to st
but when it comes to in ovation, the u.s. still wins. the patents filed by u.s. residents the u.s. has moved far ahead of scandinavian countries. here's why it's important. unlike say a health care system which only benefits people of one particular company, innovation has global impacts. new american inventions spread around the world. according to the paper's authors, scandinavian countries free ride on u.s. research and development, but if the u.s. became scandinavian, it would spend less on...
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cnn is reaching out to u.s. authorities for possible confirmation. >>> and expect it to take longer to receive your first-class mail in the future. tomorrow the financially troubled postal service plans to announce a cost-saving proposal that would have first-class mail arrive in two to five days instead of one to three. thank you very much for watching "state of the union." i'm candy crowley in washington. you can find today's interviews as well as analysis, web exclusives and much more at our web site, cnn.com/sotu. up next for our viewers here in the united states, "fareed zakaria gps." >>> now for our "what in the world" segment. one of the world's poorest countries has done something few rich nations would dare to do these days. it said no to china. i'm talking about myanmar, an impoverished country that was until this year the world's lajelaj e largest serving dictatorship. shocked beijing recently by pulling a plug on a dam that was meant to supply millions of chinese with electricity. beijing may have be
cnn is reaching out to u.s. authorities for possible confirmation. >>> and expect it to take longer to receive your first-class mail in the future. tomorrow the financially troubled postal service plans to announce a cost-saving proposal that would have first-class mail arrive in two to five days instead of one to three. thank you very much for watching "state of the union." i'm candy crowley in washington. you can find today's interviews as well as analysis, web exclusives...
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the u.s. side you can the taliban side? the karzai side? >> talks have started. there have been direct meet eggs between american officials and afghanistan officials. they have been sometime midfor the moment because of events in afghanistan. the taliban wants to talk t was the taliban who approached the americans for talks two years ago, it should be noted, through the germans and through cat qat. i really believe the taliban do not want to see the americans leave and i really even worse civil war erupting in afghanistan as a result of that. >> so they are looking for some kind of a deal? >> yeah. they are looking for a deal with the u.s. so that there can be, first of all, think, a reduction in the vie lechblts both sides would have to build trust with each other and take measures, review survivors. olence. both sides would have to build trust with each other and take measures, review survivors. they want to talk with karzai about some kind of power-sharing agreement with the afghan governme
the u.s. side you can the taliban side? the karzai side? >> talks have started. there have been direct meet eggs between american officials and afghanistan officials. they have been sometime midfor the moment because of events in afghanistan. the taliban wants to talk t was the taliban who approached the americans for talks two years ago, it should be noted, through the germans and through cat qat. i really believe the taliban do not want to see the americans leave and i really even worse...
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the u.s., but we are also investing in china, in india. look, more than 60% of the company is outside the united states. 70% of our backlog. i wish all my customers were in chicago. really, i do. it's the easier way to run the business, but my customers are in brazil. my customers are in canada. my customers are in japan and china. we are one of the country's biggest exporters. i think the country should applaud that. you know? that's nothing to be criticized. so, look, i'm just not going to apologize, but we are also going to create jobs in the united states. we are one of the best exporters. we are one of the biggest r & d spenders. every one of my competitors is global. we are a 130-year-old company. we compete with hitachi, siemens. all of them get government support from the german government, the uk government, the chinese government. i just think, you know, we criticize global companies like ge when in many ways we can help build competitiveness in the united states. >> tell me about th
the u.s., but we are also investing in china, in india. look, more than 60% of the company is outside the united states. 70% of our backlog. i wish all my customers were in chicago. really, i do. it's the easier way to run the business, but my customers are in brazil. my customers are in canada. my customers are in japan and china. we are one of the country's biggest exporters. i think the country should applaud that. you know? that's nothing to be criticized. so, look, i'm just not going to...
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your father was also a u.s. congressman. >> that's right. >> what's the biggest lesson about politics that your dad taught you? >> count the votes. make sure you have the votes. >> happy father's day to our dads and yours. i'm candy crowley in washington. don't forget to watch "new day," cnn's new morning show starts tomorrow at 6:00 eastern. fareed zakaria starts now. >>> this is "gps," the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world, i'm fareed zakaria. we've got a great show for you. first up, does the u.s. government spy on you? moik al hayden, who has run both of america's major spy agencies, the nsa and the cia, will give us some straight answers. >>> then is edward snowden a hero or a zero. two of the new yorker magazine's finest journalists who follow the subject disagree. je jeff toobin versus john cassidy, a fight to the finish. >> then we look at the middle east, turkey, egypt and much more. what to make of it all. >> and -- 50 years later, we'll talk about th
your father was also a u.s. congressman. >> that's right. >> what's the biggest lesson about politics that your dad taught you? >> count the votes. make sure you have the votes. >> happy father's day to our dads and yours. i'm candy crowley in washington. don't forget to watch "new day," cnn's new morning show starts tomorrow at 6:00 eastern. fareed zakaria starts now. >>> this is "gps," the global public square. welcome to all of you in the...
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the u.s. economy? what can be done about the euro zone crisis? i'll ask him all that in an exclusive interview. >>> then we'll go on a tour around the world with a global panel. neil ferguson, mubani and khanfar. also, how in the world did one of the world's greatest sellers in the global bazaar lose its mojo? i'll explain. >>> but first, here's my take. president obama spoke forcefully in his state of the union about the importance of reviving manufacturing in america. if you talk with economists, they'll tell you it's a very complex problem. involving taxes, trade, regulatory policy, exchange rates, educational skills. it is all of those things. but when you move from high-level policy to specific cases, you'll often find one element that is rarely talked about, a government's role in boosting its domestic manufactur manufacturers. in a front-page story last week, "the new york times" detailed how apple's iphone ended up being made outside america. "the times" wrote about the apple executive
the u.s. economy? what can be done about the euro zone crisis? i'll ask him all that in an exclusive interview. >>> then we'll go on a tour around the world with a global panel. neil ferguson, mubani and khanfar. also, how in the world did one of the world's greatest sellers in the global bazaar lose its mojo? i'll explain. >>> but first, here's my take. president obama spoke forcefully in his state of the union about the importance of reviving manufacturing in america. if you...
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later in the show, the u.s. rolled out the red carpet for china's next president but what is going on behind the scenes between the two rival nations? we have a great panel of china watchers. also, believe it or not, the eurozone crisis is solved. how, what? stay tuned, we'll explain. first, here is my take. we're hearing a new concept these days in discussions about iran. the zone of immunity. the idea often explained by ehud barak, israel's defense minister, is soon iran will have enough nuclear capacity that israel would not be able to inflict a crippling blow to its program. israeli officials explained that we americans cannot understand their fears that iron is a exosential danger to them. but, in fact, we can understand because we went through a very similar experience ourselves. after world war ii as the soviet union approached a nuclear capability, the united states was seized by a panic that lasted for years. everything that israel says about iran now, we said then about the soviet union. we saw it as a
later in the show, the u.s. rolled out the red carpet for china's next president but what is going on behind the scenes between the two rival nations? we have a great panel of china watchers. also, believe it or not, the eurozone crisis is solved. how, what? stay tuned, we'll explain. first, here is my take. we're hearing a new concept these days in discussions about iran. the zone of immunity. the idea often explained by ehud barak, israel's defense minister, is soon iran will have enough...
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the u.s. official tells cnn that hul sdmr was a former u.s. soldier that served in iraq and later returned as an entrepreneur. >> afghanistan isn't the only country talking about changing its relationship with the u.s. relations with the united states reached a new low point after the november incident in which nato air strikes killed 24 pakistani troops. those are your top stories. now back to fareed zakaria "gps." >>> this past week washington turned its attention to hollywood. the actor george clooney was testifying in front of the senate foreign relations committee. the topic wasn't movies. it was very serious. clooney was sharing what he learned from his travels last week along the volatile border between sudan and south sudan. the world's fewest country. south sudan is still under threat. it has yet to resolve with sudan a dispute over oil revenues. this isn't just an african story. it impacts all of under the circumstances every day. south sudan has stopped exporting oil, and that, clooney says, is part of what's driving up oil prices.
the u.s. official tells cnn that hul sdmr was a former u.s. soldier that served in iraq and later returned as an entrepreneur. >> afghanistan isn't the only country talking about changing its relationship with the u.s. relations with the united states reached a new low point after the november incident in which nato air strikes killed 24 pakistani troops. those are your top stories. now back to fareed zakaria "gps." >>> this past week washington turned its attention to...
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it retaliated by blacklisting u.s. officials, but it also indicated it was targeting american involved in the prosecution of two russian criminals. the articles dealer victor boot and convicted cocaine smuggler. so moscow is comparing the prosecution of notorious arms and drug smugglers with the prosecution and murder of an honest lawyer. in a case that even president medvedev had said required investigation. the underlying issue here is that for all the glitter of having been named a brick, one of the hot emerging markets, russia remains a country where corruption is rampant. it ranks 154th in the world on transparency international's index and can commit crimes with impunity. the most disturbing aspect of the magnitsky case is that it appears the entire russian state is in some sense involved in corruption and crime. for real change to take place in russia, it has to come from within. and that doesn't seem like any time soon. the current regime seems to have a firm lock on power. but there are some signs of restlessn
it retaliated by blacklisting u.s. officials, but it also indicated it was targeting american involved in the prosecution of two russian criminals. the articles dealer victor boot and convicted cocaine smuggler. so moscow is comparing the prosecution of notorious arms and drug smugglers with the prosecution and murder of an honest lawyer. in a case that even president medvedev had said required investigation. the underlying issue here is that for all the glitter of having been named a brick,...
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u.s. port and sending our products there. what we mean is operating plants, operating infrastructure, operating distribution systems, hiring people and generating a local business that is connected to a wonderful global fusion of brands. >> but you say 206. that's more than the united nations. >> i believe it is, yes. >> and in each of these places you have factories? >> we have plants and we have partners, wonderful bottling partners. >> do you have u.s. partners in afghanistan? >> we have a bottler in afghanistan, a wonderful partner in afghanistan. >> let me try this on you, you have a factory in the west bank? >> we do have a factory in the west bank in ramallah, great factory, great partners. >> do you have a factory in m mongol mongolia? >> we have a factor in mongolia which i will be going tomorrow to china to inaugurate a new factory. i'm very excited about that. >> lou gerstner watched all this from his perch as ceo of american express, later ibm. as all these shifts were taking p
u.s. port and sending our products there. what we mean is operating plants, operating infrastructure, operating distribution systems, hiring people and generating a local business that is connected to a wonderful global fusion of brands. >> but you say 206. that's more than the united nations. >> i believe it is, yes. >> and in each of these places you have factories? >> we have plants and we have partners, wonderful bottling partners. >> do you have u.s. partners...
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according to the u.s. treasury, the average ransom for a western hostage held by aqim in 2011 was $5.4 million. this sort of terrorism pays richly in this world, not the next. belmaktar leads one of the groups in the region which is loosely affiluted with al qaeda. last year seized control of parts of northern mali. a larger than life figure that spent years not fighting for islam but his group. he created supporters of religion when he was passed over for leadership of the main movement. what conclusions can we draw from all this? that these groups are largely composed of local thugs with long-standing local grievances that often have very little to do with global jihad. terrorism has also been very good business for them. while their own causes have lost support at home, they have latched on to the al qaeda brand and the hope of enhancing their appeal and perhaps crucially gaining global attention. keep in mind osama bin laden's words in 2004. all that we have to do is send two mujahedeen to the furthere
according to the u.s. treasury, the average ransom for a western hostage held by aqim in 2011 was $5.4 million. this sort of terrorism pays richly in this world, not the next. belmaktar leads one of the groups in the region which is loosely affiluted with al qaeda. last year seized control of parts of northern mali. a larger than life figure that spent years not fighting for islam but his group. he created supporters of religion when he was passed over for leadership of the main movement. what...
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an influential set of conferences held in the u.s. and uk to talk about high technology and about innovation. it's very cutting edge. for the first time in the organization's 25-year history, it has just held a major conference in india. it's a sign that india is becoming one of the great innovation capitals of the world, with ideas moving seamlessly from west to east. he is doing his work at mit and he is far from alone. a report out this week says india has more students in the u.s. than any other nation. more than 100,000 went this year alone. the vast majority of them will go back and inovate in india. also seeing the rise of home grown innovation in india, most of it targeted to the poor. you might think that is a bad business model, why inovate for people who can't pay for it? when there are hundreds of thousands of people, it makes good sense. worth up to $13 trillion a year in revenue. one concern, trying to capitalize on that. honeybee network, which supports lit recall grassroots by farmers and other citizens. he was one of
an influential set of conferences held in the u.s. and uk to talk about high technology and about innovation. it's very cutting edge. for the first time in the organization's 25-year history, it has just held a major conference in india. it's a sign that india is becoming one of the great innovation capitals of the world, with ideas moving seamlessly from west to east. he is doing his work at mit and he is far from alone. a report out this week says india has more students in the u.s. than any...
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the u.s. you will recall that just a month ago the obama administration kissed and made up with president karzai again. this has been a kind of dysfunctional cycle in which privately some administration officials say they don't trust karzai and then they realize that they have no alternative and they need him and so publicly they embrace him, pledge to work closely with him, and call him a vital ally. among president karzai's recent moves, he fired two cabinet ministers whom american officials actually did trust. according to some insiders, that is precisely why he fired them, because they were too close to the u.s. now, to get a view from inside afghanistan, i had a chance to get an exclusive interview with abdullah abdullah. he came in second in last year's presidential election. he was also the former foreign minister. you remember the election was one that almost collapsed amid charges of widespread fraud. you will want to hear what dr. abdullah has to say. >> welcome, sir. >> thank you. >
the u.s. you will recall that just a month ago the obama administration kissed and made up with president karzai again. this has been a kind of dysfunctional cycle in which privately some administration officials say they don't trust karzai and then they realize that they have no alternative and they need him and so publicly they embrace him, pledge to work closely with him, and call him a vital ally. among president karzai's recent moves, he fired two cabinet ministers whom american officials...